diff --git a/src/TACSAssembler.cpp b/src/TACSAssembler.cpp
index 792ade7e..9348a114 100644
--- a/src/TACSAssembler.cpp
+++ b/src/TACSAssembler.cpp
@@ -4909,8 +4909,7 @@ void TACSAssembler::addXptSens(TacsScalar coef, int numFuncs,
 */
 void TACSAssembler::addSVSens(TacsScalar alpha, TacsScalar beta,
                               TacsScalar gamma, int numFuncs,
-                              TACSFunction **funcs, TACSBVec **dfdu,
-                              const bool applyBCs) {
+                              TACSFunction **funcs, TACSBVec **dfdu) {
   // First check if this is the right assembly object
   for (int k = 0; k < numFuncs; k++) {
     if (funcs[k] && this != funcs[k]->getAssembler()) {
@@ -4978,9 +4977,6 @@ void TACSAssembler::addSVSens(TacsScalar alpha, TacsScalar beta,
   for (int k = 0; k < numFuncs; k++) {
     if (funcs[k]) {
       dfdu[k]->endSetValues(TACS_ADD_VALUES);
-      if (applyBCs) {
-        dfdu[k]->applyBCs(bcMap);
-      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/TACSAssembler.h b/src/TACSAssembler.h
index fbbe567e..924622af 100644
--- a/src/TACSAssembler.h
+++ b/src/TACSAssembler.h
@@ -271,8 +271,7 @@ class TACSAssembler : public TACSObject {
   void addDVSens(TacsScalar coef, int numFuncs, TACSFunction **funcs,
                  TACSBVec **dfdx);
   void addSVSens(TacsScalar alpha, TacsScalar beta, TacsScalar gamma,
-                 int numFuncs, TACSFunction **funcs, TACSBVec **dfdu,
-                 const bool applyBCs = true);
+                 int numFuncs, TACSFunction **funcs, TACSBVec **dfdu);
   void addAdjointResProducts(TacsScalar scale, int numAdjoints,
                              TACSBVec **adjoint, TACSBVec **dfdx,
                              const TacsScalar lambda = 1.0);
diff --git a/tacs/TACS.pyx b/tacs/TACS.pyx
index 37ab3f1c..983fec69 100644
--- a/tacs/TACS.pyx
+++ b/tacs/TACS.pyx
@@ -2286,7 +2286,7 @@ cdef class Assembler:
         return
 
     def addSVSens(self, funclist, dfdulist, double alpha=1.0,
-                  double beta=0.0, double gamma=0.0, bool applyBCs=True):
+                  double beta=0.0, double gamma=0.0):
 
         """
         Evaluate the derivative of the function w.r.t. the state
@@ -2316,7 +2316,7 @@ cdef class Assembler:
             dfdu[i] = (<Vec>dfdulist[i]).getBVecPtr()
 
         # Evaluate the derivative of the functions
-        self.ptr.addSVSens(alpha, beta, gamma, num_funcs, funcs, dfdu, applyBCs)
+        self.ptr.addSVSens(alpha, beta, gamma, num_funcs, funcs, dfdu)
 
         free(funcs)
         free(dfdu)
diff --git a/tacs/cpp_headers/TACS.pxd b/tacs/cpp_headers/TACS.pxd
index 3128a293..d3649a2e 100644
--- a/tacs/cpp_headers/TACS.pxd
+++ b/tacs/cpp_headers/TACS.pxd
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ cdef extern from "TACSAssembler.h":
                        TACSBVec **dfdx)
         void addSVSens(double alpha, double beta, double gamma,
                        int numFuncs, TACSFunction **funcs,
-                       TACSBVec **fuSens, bool applyBCs)
+                       TACSBVec **fuSens)
         void addAdjointResProducts(double scale, int numAdjoints,
                                    TACSBVec **adjoint, TACSBVec **dfdx,
                                    TacsScalar loadScale)
diff --git a/tacs/problems/static.py b/tacs/problems/static.py
index 19ee8ff5..bc33ff10 100644
--- a/tacs/problems/static.py
+++ b/tacs/problems/static.py
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@ def evalFunctionsSens(self, funcsSens, evalFuncs=None):
 
         # Next we will solve all the adjoints
         # Set adjoint rhs
-        self.addSVSens(evalFuncs, dIdus, applyBCs=False)
+        self.addSVSens(evalFuncs, dIdus)
         adjointRHSTime = time.time()
         for i, f in enumerate(evalFuncs):
             adjointStartTime[f] = time.time()
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ def evalFunctionsSens(self, funcsSens, evalFuncs=None):
             )
             self._pp("+--------------------------------------------------+")
 
-    def addSVSens(self, evalFuncs, svSensList, applyBCs=False):
+    def addSVSens(self, evalFuncs, svSensList):
         """
         Add the state variable partial sensitivity to the ADjoint RHS for given evalFuncs
 
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ def addSVSens(self, evalFuncs, svSensList, applyBCs=False):
             svSensBVecList = svSensList
 
         self.assembler.addSVSens(
-            funcHandles, svSensBVecList, self.alpha, self.beta, self.gamma, applyBCs
+            funcHandles, svSensBVecList, self.alpha, self.beta, self.gamma
         )
 
         # Update from the BVec values, if the input was a numpy array